Man. 13.1Est haec dīvīna atque incrēdibilis virtūs imperātōris.Such is the godlike and incredible merit of this commander. Man. 13.1Quid?What then? Man. 13.1cēterae quās paulō ante commemorāre coeperam quantae atque quam multae sunt!his other qualities, which I had begun to mention a little earlier, how great and how many they are! Man. 13.1Nōn enim bellandī virtūs sōlum in summō ac perfectō imperātōre quaerenda est sed multae sunt artēs eximiae huius administrae comitēsque virtūtis.For it is not only skill in war that must be sought in a supreme and perfect commander; there are many outstanding qualities that serve and accompany this merit. Man. 13.1Ac prīmum quantā innocentiā dēbent esse imperātōrēs, quantā deinde in omnibus rēbus temperantiā, quantā fidē, quantā facilitāte, quantō ingeniō, quantā hūmānitāte!And first, how great should be the integrity of commanders, and then how great their self-control in all things, how great their good faith, their approachability, their intelligence, their humanity! Man. 13.1quae breviter quālia sint in Pompeiō cōnsīderēmus.Let us consider briefly what these qualities are like in Pompey. Man. 13.1Summa enim sunt omnia, Quirītēs, sed ea magis ex aliōrum contentiōne quam ipsa per sēsē cognōscī atque intellegī possunt.They are all of the highest degree, citizens, but they can be recognised and understood better by comparison with others than in and of themselves.
Man. 13.37Quem enim possumus imperātōrem ūllō in numerō putāre cuius in exercitū centuriātus vēneant atque vēnierint?For what commander can we regard as of any account in whose army centurionships are being sold and have been sold? Man. 13.37Quid hunc hominem magnum aut amplum dē rē pūblicā cōgitāre quī pecūniam ex aerāriō dēprōmptam ad bellum administrandum aut propter cupiditātem prōvinciae magistrātibus dīvīserit aut propter avāritiam Rōmae in quaestū relīquerit?What great or noble thought can we suppose this man has for the state, who has either distributed among magistrates the money drawn from the treasury for conducting the war, out of eagerness to keep his province, or, out of avarice, left it at Rome to earn interest? Man. 13.37Vestra admurmurātiō facit, Quirītēs, ut agnōscere videāminī quī haec fēcerint;Your murmuring, citizens, makes it seem that you recognise who have done these things; Man. 13.37ego autem nōminō nēminem;but I name no one; Man. 13.37quā rē īrāscī mihi nēmō poterit nisi quī ante dē sē voluerit cōnfitērī.so no one will be able to be angry with me unless he chooses first to make a confession about himself. Man. 13.37Itaque propter hanc avāritiam imperātōrum quantās calamitātēs, quōcumque ventum sit, nostrī exercitūs adferant quis ignōrat?And so, because of this avarice of commanders, who does not know what disasters our armies bring wherever they go?
Man. 13.38Itinera quae per hōsce annōs in Ītaliā per agrōs atque oppida cīvium Rōmānōrum nostrī imperātōrēs fēcerint recordāminī;Recall the marches which our commanders have made in these years in Italy through the fields and towns of Roman citizens; Man. 13.38tum facilius statuētis quid apud exterās nātiōnēs fierī exīstimētis.then you will more easily decide what you think happens among foreign nations. Man. 13.38Vtrum plūrīs arbitrāminī per hōsce annōs mīlitum vestrōrum armīs hostium urbīs an hībernīs sociōrum cīvitātēs esse dēlētās?Do you think that in these years more cities of the enemy have been destroyed by the arms of your soldiers, or more communities of allies by their winter quarters? Man. 13.38Neque enim potest exercitum is continēre imperātor quī sē ipse nōn continet, neque sevērus esse in iūdicandō quī aliōs in sē sevērōs esse iūdicēs nōn volt.For a commander cannot control an army if he does not control himself, nor be strict in judging if he does not want others to be strict judges of him. Man. 13.38Hīc mīrāmur hunc hominem tantum excellere cēterīs, cuius legiōnēs sīc in Asiam pervēnerint ut nōn modo manus tantī exercitūs sed nē vestīgium quidem cuiquam pācātō nocuisse dīcātur?Are we surprised, then, that this man so far excels the rest, whose legions reached Asia in such a way that not only the hand of so great an army but not even its footstep is said to have harmed anyone at peace?
Man. 13.39Iam vērō quem ad modum mīlitēs hībernent cōtīdiē sermōnēs ac litterae perferuntur;And now, how the soldiers are passing the winter is reported daily in conversations and letters; Man. 13.39nōn modo ut sūmptum faciat in mīlitem nēminī vīs adfertur sed nē cupientī quidem quicquam permittitur.not only is no one forced to spend money on a soldier, but no one is allowed to, even if he wishes. Man. 13.39Hiemis enim nōn avāritiae perfugium maiōrēs nostrī in sociōrum atque amīcōrum tēctīs esse voluērunt.For our ancestors wanted the homes of allies and friends to be a refuge from winter, not for avarice.